Hinotori, also known as ASTRO-A before launch, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite. It was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS). Its primary mission was to study of solar flares emanating from the Sun during the solar maximum.[3] It was launched successfully on February 21, 1981 using a M-3S rocket as the vehicle from Uchinoura Space Center (known at the time as Kagoshima). After the start of normal operation, it observed a large solar flare and, a month later, succeeded in observing 41 flares of many sizes from the Sun. It reentered the atmosphere on July 11, 1991.[4] The name Hinotori is the Japanese word for Phoenix.
hinotori, satellite, hinotori, also, known, astro, before, launch, japanese, astronomy, satellite, developed, institute, space, astronautical, science, isas, primary, mission, study, solar, flares, emanating, from, during, solar, maximum, launched, successfull. Hinotori also known as ASTRO A before launch was a Japanese X ray astronomy satellite It was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science ISAS Its primary mission was to study of solar flares emanating from the Sun during the solar maximum 3 It was launched successfully on February 21 1981 using a M 3S rocket as the vehicle from Uchinoura Space Center known at the time as Kagoshima After the start of normal operation it observed a large solar flare and a month later succeeded in observing 41 flares of many sizes from the Sun It reentered the atmosphere on July 11 1991 4 The name Hinotori is the Japanese word for Phoenix HinotoriNamesAstro AMission typeAstronomyOperatorISASCOSPAR ID1981 017ASATCAT no 12307Spacecraft propertiesBOL mass185 kilograms 408 lb Start of missionLaunch date21 February 1981 00 30 00 1981 02 21UTC00 30Z UTC 1 RocketMu 3SLaunch siteMu Pad KagoshimaContractorISASEnd of missionDecay date11 July 1991 1991 07 12 Orbital parametersReference systemGeocentricRegimeLow EarthEccentricity0 00395Perigee altitude548 kilometres 341 mi Apogee altitude603 kilometres 375 mi Inclination31 3 degreesPeriod96 2 minutesEpoch21 February 1981 04 30 00 UTC 2 Contents 1 Instruments 2 Highlights 3 References 4 External linksInstruments editSolar flare X ray imager SXT Solar soft X ray bright line spectrum analyzer SOX Solar soft X ray monitor HXM Solar flare monitor FLM Solar gamma ray monitor SGR Particle ray monitor PXM Plasma electron density measurement instrument IMP Plasma electron temperature measurement instrument TEL Highlights editObservational data of the maximum period of solar activity Discovery of high temperature phenomena reaching up to 50 million C and clouds of light speed electrons floating in the corona of the SunReferences edit JAXA Catalogue of ISAS Missions Archived 2014 12 31 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2014 12 23 NASA NSSDCA Spacecraft Trajectory Details nssdc gsfc nasa gov Retrieved 1 May 2018 Gunter s Space Page Astro A Hinotori retrieved 2014 12 23 ISAS Solar Observation HINOTORI ASTRO A retrieved 2014 12 23 External links edit nbsp Spaceflight portalISAS information about Hinotori nbsp This article about one or more spacecraft of Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hinotori satellite amp oldid 1062832000, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
